William Edward Hartpole Lecky, (1838 - 1903) an Irish historian and political theorist.

In two volumes complete.

A new edition.

In 1896, Lecky published two volumes entitled Democracy and Liberty, in which he considered, with special reference to Britain, France and America, some of the tendencies of modern democracies. The pessimistic conclusions at which he arrived provoked criticism both in Britain and America, which was renewed when he published in a new edition (1899) an elaborate and very deprecatory estimate of Gladstone, then recently dead. This work, though essentially different from the author's purely historical writings, has many of their merits, though it was inevitable that other minds should take a different view of the evidence.

CONDITION

In cloth bindings. Externally, smart but with slight wear to extremities, fading to spines and the odd slight mark to boards. Internally, generally firmly bound although slightly strained in places. Bright and generally clean throughout but with foxing to endpapers and the odd slight handling mark. Some pages unopened.

Overall: VERY GOOD

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